Toy torpedo.



A. GARBEIL & A. CIMOROSI.

TOY TORPEDO.

APPLICATION FILED Dec. 8, 1915.

ll.99,775 v Patented oet. 3,1916.

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

ABRAHAM GABBEIL, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND-ALBERTO CIMOROSI,

0F GLASSBORO, NEW JERSEY.

TOY TORPEDO.

` To all whom-.it may concern.'

t ing to provide a torpedo which is of general spherical or oblong shape resembling a` marble, and which can be manufactured and 'sold at a reasonably low price.

A further object is to provide a toy torpedo which comprises an outer casing of f'two semi-spherical sections inclosing an explosive material, and having a coupling sleeve coninedby the sections and operating as a container for explosive material. l

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as will'be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view 1n side elevation illustrating our improved torpedo. Fig. 2 is a view in section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a view in section on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1. Our improved torpedo comprises two shell sections 1, 1, which are preferably of paper,

.and preferably of semi-spherical shape.-

3 represents an inner tube which is preferably of paper, and which in assembling .the torpedo 1s filled with the explosive composition illustrated by the reference numeral 4, and located within one shell section 1. The other shell section can then be readily placed over the end of the tube, and the two sections can be secured together in any approved manner. We have illustrated a strip 5 of paper which is positioned around the two shell sections 1, 1, and secured by muoilage or otherwise, and we would have it f understood that any form of binder or inclosure may be used to hold the shells togetler and to ornament the torpedo as des1re While in the drawings, the tube 3 is more t or less rigid, as a matter of fact in manufacture this tube when the shell sections are- Patented Oct.

forced together, will conform shape to the mner face of the shell sections, and the explosive composition will ll all the space inside the shell sections, s o thatan exploslon' is caused when any surface of the shell recelves an impact.

' We would have it understood that while our invention is not limited to any particular explosive composition, vwe preferably use gravel mixed with chlorate lof potash, antimony, and sulfur.

The shape the tube' will take will, of course, depend upon the strength of materials used and we consider vourselves at liberty to employ any material for the purpose.

While we have illustrated our improved torpedo as of spherical shape, we are of course, not limited to this shape, nor to the other precise details of` construction, butcon- Sider ourselves at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope ofthe appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i

1. A toy torpedo comprising a shell formed of two similar half sections and an explosive composition therein adapted to be exploded by a jar, said sections constituting a complete inclosure for said composition and aband encircling said sections and securing the same together, substantially as described.

2. A toy torpedo comprising a shell formed of two similar sections with their -edges in engagement, and an explosive com- 4shell sections, a tube within the shell sections, an explosive composition in the tube, and a binder around the shell sections securing them together, substantially as described.

and a paper strip secured around the shell v sections and holding them together, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. v l

- ABRAHAM GARBEIL.

Witnesses:

M. B. CATTEIL, CEAS. E. Po'r'rs.

ALBERTO CIMOROSI. .l 

